Instructions with a new Pi

[jbudd]

I hae just received my new Pi 4 and it comes with a sheet of IKEA style instructions:

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Just wanted to check I'm interpreting them correctly?
1. Read a quality newspaper
2. Touch here
3. Do not put in a plastic bag
4. Do not touch here (cf 2 above)
5. Remove this bit first
6. Where to go for clarification

[Imperf3kt]

The first is read the instructions / documentation, not a newspaper.
The second you have correct.
The third actually says don't cover it or it will overheat. (while in use)
The fourth is to not touch it while it's turned on.
The fifth says keep the side with all the chips on it facing up (later tests have proven standing the board on edge to be better)
And yes, consult the website for more info.

[Heater]

That is not a news paper. Looks more like a page from "A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by the RAND Corporation. (ISBN 0-8330-3047-7)
https://www.amazon.com/Million-Random-D ... 0833030477

[rpdom]

The newspaper is to wrap the chips in.

[W. H. Heydt]

The first is read the instructions / documentation, not a newspaper.
The second you have correct.
The third actually says don't cover it or it will overheat. (while in use)
The fourth is to not touch it while it's turned on.
The fifth says keep the side with all the chips on it facing up (later tests have proven standing the board on edge to be better)
And yes, consult the website for more info.

I'm pretty sure the OP knows all that. Your leg has been successfully pulled.

[jbudd]

More of a gentle protest than a leg pull really.

Worth it for the outstanding Amazon reviews from Heater's reply and extraordinary other books that people looked at too.
Hours of fun while waiting for the darned usb C adapter to turn up!

ps I've tried standing it on edge but it just won't balance.

[Heater]

More of a gentle protest than a leg pull really.

Worth it for the outstanding Amazon reviews from Heater's reply and extraordinary other books that people looked at too.
Hours of fun while waiting for the darned usb C adapter to turn up!

ps I've tried standing it on edge but it just won't balance.

Ha! Certainly the Amazon reviews are more interesting and funnier than the book!

[trejan]

Ehh. I remember when they first started adding these picograph cards. There was a lot of confusion as to the meaning of #5. It looks more like you're meant to pull off a protective cap. Maybe it is showing you that the SoC will pop off once you do remove the protective cap...

#1 looks like the corrugated paper cushioning material.

[fruitoftheloom]

More of a gentle protest than a leg pull really.

Worth it for the outstanding Amazon reviews from Heater's reply and extraordinary other books that people looked at too.
Hours of fun while waiting for the darned usb C adapter to turn up!

ps I've tried standing it on edge but it just won't balance.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/free-r ... -magpi-90/

[Burngate]

... a sheet of IKEA style instructions ...

IKEA has been producing these things for as long as I've been buying their wardrobes, and for the same length of time I've been knocking on the neighbour's door for clarification.

The Chinese invented pictographs long before the Romans invented Latin, and they've been very successful.
So why do these Scandinavian Johnny-cum-Latelys think they can do better? And why does the rest of the World follow the young upstarts?

Come on, RPF / RPT - show the World how it should be done - put it in Chinese, so we have a chance of understanding it!

[Imperf3kt]

The first is read the instructions / documentation, not a newspaper.
The second you have correct.
The third actually says don't cover it or it will overheat. (while in use)
The fourth is to not touch it while it's turned on.
The fifth says keep the side with all the chips on it facing up (later tests have proven standing the board on edge to be better)
And yes, consult the website for more info.

I'm pretty sure the OP knows all that. Your leg has been successfully pulled.

Au contraire, I am well aware the post was sarcasm.
I was merely correcting the sarcasm with fact in case somebody who didn't know it was satire mistook it for the actual meaning.